This book aims to provide an easily accessible quick reference guide for advanced nursing students preparing to undertake practical examinations to assess advanced clinical practice competence, and students preparing for practical examinations in non-medical prescribing assessment

Respectively Principal Lecturer in Non-Medical Prescribing, London South Bank University, Nurse Practitioner, London; Senior Lecturer in Advanced Nursing, London South Bank University, Nurse Practitioner, London

Introduction to the OSCE process. OSCE study skills for students. OSCE preparation for academic staff. History taking OSCE stations. Physical examination OSCE stations. Question and answer OSCE stations. OSCE stations that assess communication skills, conveying information, and treatment and management. Master's level assessment and the objective structured clinical assessment (OSCA). Non-medical prescribing OSCEs. Marking the OSCE.